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So there you go.

Coming up. Nothing is over. Nothing. First blood is next.

He was harassed for no apparent reason. He was arrested for no particular crime.

Stung to dislike you.

But they thought they'd found an easy mark. They were wrong.

So, Bester's still alone. This time he's fighting for his life.

First blood rated R starts Friday, October 22nd at theaters everywhere.

Alright, Brand Couple minutes here. We are heading toward the 40 year anniversary of this movie.

It's next year or not this year.

First blood, the original Rambo movie came out in October 1982.

I'm going to start here at Brand Couple.

The modern action movies created in the last third of 1982.

Because we have first blood, which is the movie that puts it all together, and then two hours later, four to eight hours.

And you take those two movies and they become the springboard for every sort of action movie innovation over the next 10 years.

And we're going to be doing action movies for the next couple rewatchables.

For me, it starts with first blood. Perfect length. It's an it's maybe an hour, 35 something like that.

Unassailable premise. There's about a half hour stretch in the first hour that is just riveting no matter how many times you've seen it.

And then the Stallone piece as well as the 80s popcorn popcorn action hero.

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